Every day healed by cats! Comfortable with your cat? Remote work
Hello! This is Kanekiyo.
I have a family of five with my husband and three daughters, and two black cats joined our family about two years ago! Ever since my daughters were little, they have always wanted a dog or cat, and I have always wanted to have one someday, but I couldn’t make up my mind about having more people to take care of them, and then one day, after many years had passed, I suddenly wondered how many more years my children would be able to spend in this house, and I decided to spend my life with a pet. I decided to spend my life with my pets.
Well, it has been about 2 years since we welcomed a 3-month-old kitten into our family, and the little black cats are now all grown up. Let me tell you about my remote work in an environment with cats.
Does it hurt to work remotely? What is the problem with having a cat?
My cats spend most of their time in the LDK area on the first floor and the hallway on the second floor. I work in a space connected to the LDK area, so the cats are free to come in. At first, I was worried that the cats might play tricks on my PC or disturb me while I am typing on the keyboard, making it difficult for me to work. In fact, they are not like that at all.
However, when I hear a loud noise while he is actively running around, I worry that something might have fallen or broken, and when he is hungry, he goes into the kitchen and appeals for food. I have to stop in the middle of my work to check and prepare food.
When I first started keeping the cats and they were still small kittens, I remember that there were many moments when their behavior bothered me, and I had to put them in a cage when I had remote meetings with clients. Recently, I think they have calmed down and there are not many situations where their behavior interferes with my concentration.
One thing that really annoyed me was that one of the two cats chewed off the cable. While I was at work, the cat was sitting quietly next to the PC and after a while I looked over and saw that it had quietly and noiselessly chewed on the cable. When I noticed it, it had been chewed off and was no longer usable. Since then, I try to cover cables in places where cats might chew on them.
Remote Work Companion! Benefits of having a cat
Having cats in our daily lives makes us very happy, and there are many moments when we are healed. Not only when they were kittens, but even when they are grown up, they are still as cute as ever, and watching them sleeping or basking in the sun on the windowsill naturally brings a smile to my face.
Interacting with pets decreases the stress hormone cortisol by secreting oxytocin, which plays a role in increasing mental stability and relaxation, and observing pets’ relaxed behavior has the effect of relieving brain fatigue and reducing stress.
If you can refresh yourself by interacting with cats during breaks and breaks from remote work, or by looking at the soothing sight of cats when you suddenly lose focus, it would be a good effect on your work.
He is working with 3 cats with a kijiji kitten!
In fact, just three months ago, a kitty kitten arrived at our home. Now I am working remotely with two black cats and a kijitora, and we are in a bit of a mess. Since they are still kittens, they are running around the house just like the black cats did when they were kittens, and since they are more active than the black cats, they are breaking things in unexpected places and playing tricks on us. I’m sure this will be resolved in a little while, as we take measures to prevent breakage and as the cats calm down…
Summary: Very happy environment with cats
It is necessary to prepare the environment by taking measures so that there is no stress for both cats and us humans, but for me, I feel that being able to work remotely next to my cats has a positive impact on my mental health. I think it would be good if we can stabilize our minds and concentrate on our work while being healed daily by our pets such as dogs and cats.